The San Francisco Symphony’s 2025-26 season features 26 weeks of music with 23 different conductors. Notably absent, from even one program, is the current music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, who opted not to renew his contract after five … » Read

The opening of the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Center in Toronto, a joint initiative by Tapestry Opera, Nightwood Theater, and St. Clare’s Housing, is intended to offset the challenges the city’s rising living costs and … » Read

Opera is an endangered art form. Increasingly expensive to mount and facing dwindling audiences, it struggles to gain traction with patrons new to or unfamiliar with the genre, who can fine storylines and stereotypes offensive. No single work … » Read

Until recently, the only on-campus performance venue available to music students at UC-Berkeley was the 678-seat Hertz Theater, a space that too often left student performers feeling overwhelmed by a largely empty concert hall. “I remember … » Read

The Jacksonville Symphony clearly has some well-heeled supporters. Adding to the recent $8 million donated in the October-January time span, the orchestra just announced another $15 million from an anonymous donor. The gift, which exceeds the … » Read

In late February the Trump administration ordered the U. S. Marine Band to cancel a planned May concert with 30 teenage musicians chosen by nationwide auditions. Because the young musicians were Black, Hispanic, Indian, and Asian, the program ran … » Read

Donald Trump apparently doesn’t have enough to keep him busy. So he has decided to insert himself into the selection process for recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. Since 1978, Kennedy Center officials have chosen the committee … » Read

On March 14, Donald Trump ordered that 1,300 journalists, producers, and support staff at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), including the Voice of America, be placed on indefinite leave, "with full pay and benefits until otherwise … » Read

Matthew D. Loeb, president of IATSE International (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employee), is concerned about the impact that cancellations of events at the Kennedy Center will have on his membership, which includes stagehands, … » Read

When introducing the program for the 2025 Edinburgh International Festival, the event’s director, violinist Nicola Benedetti[pictured below], took a few moments to emphasize the need for musicians and artists to stand up for fundamental … » Read